The Mortican is the story of Marvin “The Mortician” Bates, the first and only African American hit man for the Chicago syndicate. Kept secret from the known world the name Mortican is one to be feared in the underworld. After mistakenly killing an innocent person Marvin sets out to retire but before he can he is pulled into a bi-coastal war between his current family the Colons and a rival family The Ballermo’s for control of Chicago and in the balance lies the life of the one woman he’s ever loved…Evelyn Colon, daughter of his Don.